Sec. 27-20. Duties of Adjutant General. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 27-20. Duties of Adjutant General. The Adjutant General shall make such returns and reports to such officers as may be prescribed by the Department of Defense in regulations pertaining to the National Guard and naval militia, at such times and in such form as may, from time to time, be prescribed. The Adjutant General shall keep a record of all officers and enlisted personnel and shall also keep in the office all records and papers required by law or regulations to be filed therein. The Adjutant General is charged, in all matters pertaining to the command, discipline or administration of the military establishment of this state, with the duty of recording, authenticating and communicating to troops and individuals in the military service of this state all orders, instructions and regulations issued by order of the Governor for the National Guard, naval militia and organized militia and by the Secretary of Defense for the National Guard and the naval militia; of preparing and distributing commissions; of compiling and issuing the register of the National Guard, naval militia and organized militia; of conducting internal audits and investigations; of organizing and coordinating the participation of the organized militia in military and civic ceremonies; of organizing and coordinating inaugurals; and of managing the recruiting for the National Guard, naval militia and organized militia. In event of emergency use of the militia and with the approval of the Governor, the Adjutant General may be disbursing officer of all funds appropriated by the General Assembly for the expense of the office of the Adjutant General. The Adjutant General may make such regulations pertaining to the preparation and rendering of reports and returns and to the care and preservation of public property as in the Adjutant General's opinion the conditions demand, such regulations to be operative and in force when promulgated in the form of general orders, circulars or circular letters. The Adjutant General shall have charge and care of all state military property and all United States military property issued to the state of Connecticut, and shall cause to be kept an accurate and careful account of all receipts and issues of the same. The Adjutant General shall require to be kept a careful memorandum of all public military property on hand in the state arsenal or storehouses and in the possession of the several organizations of the military forces of the state and shall guard such property against injury and loss to the greatest extent possible. The Adjutant General shall require each accountable and responsible officer of the state military forces to account for any deficiency in public military property in such officer's possession immediately after such deficiency is discovered. The Adjutant General shall cause annual inspections to be made of all public military property and a complete inventory of such property and the places where it is deposited shall be kept. The Adjutant General may adopt a seal for use in the office of the Adjutant General. The Adjutant General shall require that each unit of the armed forces of the state be inspected at least twice in each calendar year and issue service medals and service records. The Adjutant General shall, annually, as provided in section 4-60, make a report to the Governor of the strength, condition and equipment of the military and naval forces of the state and of the expenditures of the office since the last annual report. The Adjutant General may enter into contracts for the furnishing by any person or agency, public or private, of services necessary to the proper execution of the duties of the Adjutant General's office subject to the approval of the Attorney General.

      (1949 Rev., S. 1236; 1957, P.A. 365, S. 11; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13; P.A. 74-321, S. 5; P.A. 75-333, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 88-1, S. 9, 13; P.A. 99-190, S. 4, 9; P.A. 01-123, S. 3; P.A. 04-219, S. 11.)

      History: P.A. 74-321 substituted "personnel" for "men"; P.A. 75-333 provided for necessary contracting authority subject to approval of commissioner of finance and control and the attorney general; P.A. 77-614 substituted "secretary of the office of policy and management" for "commissioner of finance and control"; P.A. 88-1 eliminated involvement of secretary of the office of policy and management in approval of contracts for services entered into by the adjutant general; P.A. 99-190 added responsibility for the Office of Emergency Management to the duties of the Adjutant General, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 01-123 added duties re internal audits and investigations, civic ceremonies and inaugurals, and made technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality; P.A. 04-219 eliminated provision requiring Adjutant General to have charge of the Office of Emergency Management, effective January 1, 2005.